Talk:Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 2002–2006

This article was nominated for deletion on 26 January 2015 (UTC). The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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Proposed new table layout.[edit]

I find the current table clumsy and propose we change this, and all other Tasmanian Legislative Council tables, to the one below (or similar):

Electorate	2002			2003			2004			2005
Electorate	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party		Name	Party		Name
Apsley		Independent	Hon Colin Rattray ⁴ (1992–2004)					Independent	Hon Tania Rattray-Wagner ⁴ (2004–present)
Derwent		Labor	Hon Michael Aird ³ (1995–2011)
Elwick		Labor	Hon David Crean ⁴ (1992–2004)					Labor	Hon Terry Martin ⁵ (2004–2010)
Huon		Independent	Hon Paul Harriss² (1996–present)
Mersey		Independent	Geoff Squibb ³ (1997–2003)		Independent	Norma Jamieson ¹ (2003–2009)
Montgomery		Independent	Hon Sue Smith² (1997–present)
Murchison		Independent	Hon Tony Fletcher ³ (1981–2005)								Independent	Hon Ruth Forrest ⁵ (2005–present)
Nelson		Independent	Hon Jim Wilkinson (1995–present)
Paterson		Independent	Hon Don Wing ⁵ (1982–2011)
Pembroke		Labor	Allison Ritchie (2001–2009)
Rosevears		Independent	Hon Kerry Finch¹ (2002–present)
Rowallan		Independent	Hon Greg Hall (2001–present)
Rumney		Labor	Lin Thorp ⁵ (1999–2011)
Wellington		Labor	Hon Doug Parkinson (1994–2012)
Windermere		Ind. Labor	Silvia Smith ³ (1997–2003)		Independent	Ivan Dean ¹ (2003–present)

Comments and (constructive) criticisms, are, as always appreciated as they will help fix any issues seen. ColonialGrid (talk) 14:58, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Modification of above table #1[edit]

Electorate	2002	2003	2004	2005
Apsley	Hon Colin Rattray ⁴ (Ind) (1992–2004)		Hon Tania Rattray-Wagner ⁴ (Ind) (2004–present)
Derwent	Hon Michael Aird ³ (ALP) (1995–2011)
Elwick	Hon David Crean ⁴ (ALP) (1992–2004)		Hon Terry Martin ⁵ (ALP/Ind) (2004–2010)
Huon	Hon Paul Harriss² (Ind) (1996–present)
Mersey	Geoff Squibb ³ (Ind) (1997–2003)	Norma Jamieson ¹ (Ind) (2003–2009)
Montgomery	Hon Sue Smith² (Ind) (1997–present)
Murchison	Hon Tony Fletcher ³ (Ind) (1981–2005)			Hon Ruth Forrest ⁵ (Ind) (2005–present)
Nelson	Hon Jim Wilkinson (Ind) (1995–present)
Paterson	Hon Don Wing ⁵ (Ind) (1982–2011)
Pembroke	Allison Ritchie (ALP) (2001–2009)
Rosevears	Hon Kerry Finch¹ (Ind) (2002–present)
Rowallan	Hon Greg Hall (Ind) (2001–present)
Rumney	Lin Thorp ⁵ (ALP) (1999–2011)
Wellington	Hon Doug Parkinson (ALP) (1994–2012)
Windermere	Silvia Smith ³ (ALP) (1997–2003)	Ivan Dean ¹ (Ind) (2003–present)

Modification of above table #2[edit]

Electorate	2002	2003	2004	2005
Apsley	Ind Hon Colin Rattray ⁴ (1992–2004)		Ind Hon Tania Rattray-Wagner ⁴ (2004–present)
Derwent	ALP Hon Michael Aird ³ (1995–2011)
Elwick	ALP Hon David Crean ⁴ (1992–2004)		ALP Hon Terry Martin ⁵ (2004–2010)
Huon	Ind Hon Paul Harriss² (1996–present)
Mersey	Ind Geoff Squibb ³ (1997–2003)	Ind Norma Jamieson ¹ (2003–2009)
Montgomery	Ind Hon Sue Smith² (1997–present)
Murchison	Ind Hon Tony Fletcher ³ (1981–2005)			Ind Hon Ruth Forrest ⁵ (2005–present)

-- Chuq (talk) 02:22, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think I prefer your first proposed modification (although I think all the members should be centre aligned). I was also thinking that each of the years should link to the election held that year (ie the table column heading 2005 should link to Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2005). ColonialGrid (talk) 08:33, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]